partitions

[peter]

Sorry for the long absence, it's been strange/terrible at best here.

My comment about partitions: Anything I think will matter to me in the 
long run gets a separate partition, esp. /home and /usr/local.

That's the only reason I've been able to keep essentially the same user 
environment for so many years (1999-2000) to present. Back then, I did 
things on a Compaq 486. Now, it is 2 or 3 hardware systems later, but 
/home hasn't changed much. The contents are similar but the capabilities 
are greater.

The way I do things, the rest of the system is disposable. You already 
know there's going to be upgrades, betas, etc. /home isn't disposable - 
its the stuff you spent the last few years creating. Hence, I never use 
the default partition schemes (I use RH9), and I default to a custom 
install in order to preserve this.

Hence, I would definitely give /home its own partition; you can safely 
wipe and re-install the system without touching it, if you opt to 
partition it manually.

Hope this helps someone - Pete

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